NHL Recaps: Friday, Jan 17, 2025

2 games: what happened that matters for your fantasy team, built from the play-by-play and shift charts.

Game recaps

Final

Full report

Pittsburgh Penguins

Buffalo Sabres

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Buffalo Sabres 5–2

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Buffalo Sabres 5–2 at BUF. Cody Glass (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. PIT's first power-play unit (Crosby, Rust, Rakell, Grzelcyk and Bunting) scored 2 power-play goals on 7 attempts in 4:09 together.

•Bryan Rust had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:39.
•Cody Glass had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 12:58.
•Zach Benson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:22.

Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →

Carolina Hurricanes edge Vegas Golden Knights 3–2

Carolina Hurricanes beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–2 at home. Seth Jarvis (CAR) led the scoring with 2G 0A. VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Hertl, Theodore, Eichel and Dorofeyev) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:21 together.

•Seth Jarvis had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:16.
•Jordan Martinook had 2 assists (2 points) in 15:43.
•VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Hertl, Theodore, Eichel and Dorofeyev) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:21 together.

Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →

Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Owen Power for BUF vs PIT, 76.0 mph. Full game report →

Owen Power (BUF vs PIT): Forecheck turnover, 2 passes, 76.0 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Seth Jarvis CAR	vs VGK	2	0	2	3	1	3	19:16	—
Cody Glass PIT	at BUF	1	1	2	3	0	0	12:58	—
Bryan Rust PIT	at BUF	1	1	2	2	0	1	18:39	—
Zach Benson BUF	vs PIT	1	1	2	2	1	0	18:22	—
Matt Grzelcyk PIT	at BUF	0	2	2	0	1	3	24:07	—
Jordan Martinook CAR	vs VGK	0	2	2	0	1	0	15:43	—
Tage Thompson BUF	vs PIT	0	1	1	7	0	0	20:46	—

Line changes

New look for CAR: Aho–Svechnikov–Blake skated 9:47 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for CAR: Staal–Martinook–Jarvis skated 9:28 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Alex Nedeljkovic PIT	at BUF	W	42	2	.952
Pyotr Kochetkov CAR	vs VGK	W	31	2	.935
Adin Hill VGK	at CAR	L	28	3	.893
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen BUF	vs PIT	L	18	4	.778

Next up: tonight's starting goalies, today's line combinations and today's games. Takeaways are generated from the numbers with fixed rules; nothing is written by a language model.